GOP Negotiator: No Immigration Overhaul This Year (Updated) (Video)

Carter said he doesn’t think the House should take up an immigration policy overhaul this year because it would be a distraction from the health care law. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio is making a mistake pushing for an immigration overhaul this year, according to one of the House Republican Conference’s former top immigration negotiators.

Rep. John Carter of Texas, one of four GOP congressmen who was part of bipartisan negotiations over comprehensive immigration policy changes last year, said voting on the matter this year would distract from the party’s efforts to highlight flaws in President Barack Obama’s health care law.

Boehner told the conference and the press last week that leaders and committee chairmen will produce a blueprint outlining agreed-upon principles for overhauling the nation’s immigration system, leading many to speculate that votes on the issue could be held later this year.

“I’m opposed to voting on a bill this year,” said Carter, who was a member of GOP leadership last Congress. “I was in conference when John announced that. It was a surprise to me as much as it was a surprise to anybody else.”

Listen to Rep. Carter’s comments below:

Carter added that the votes could leave Republicans vulnerable to primary attacks from the right, especially if, as is expected, the changes take on the question of the legal status of some 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.

“I personally think this is the wrong time from our standpoint to go forward on immigration,” he said. “It’s an election year. I mean Texas is in the middle of primaries right now.”

That said, Carter would contribute to policy change efforts if he is asked, he said. His views on timing do not necessarily mean he will oppose bills if they come to the floor.

Carter’s criticism echoes that of some of the staunchest critics of an immigration overhaul, underscoring just how difficult it will be to pass anything this year. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, for instance, said that he’s worried that leadership is heading down a path many GOP members would rather avoid.

“I’m concerned about an effort to stampede our conference,” he said. “Any day that we’re discussing immigration here, having a debate on the floor or in committee and capturing the news media cycle on it, is a day that we’re not fixing the calamity of Obamacare.”

Others in the conference are cheering Boehner’s move, however, including Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., who is engaged in negotiations hoping to produce piecemeal immigration bills.

“I’m ecstatic about it. I think it’s a very important step to make sure the House and the country realizes what the Republican principles are,” he said.

GOP leaders have said from the start that border enforcement should be the first priority of any immigration overhaul effort, and sources speculate it will top the list of principles.

Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, passed a bill through his panel last year that begins to deal with border enforcement, and he said he expects to follow that effort next month with a border enforcement strategy that includes a price tag. He said his discussions with Customs and Border Protection officials leads him to believe he can write a bill that spends less than the $60 billion the Senate allotted for enforcement.

A top priority, he said, is redeploying military assets used in Afghanistan and Iraq to the border, including sensor technology and drones. When asked whether American would be comfortable with domestic drone use, he said he thinks their use at the border is appropriate.

“They don’t like drones internally in the United States, but if you’re defending our borders with them, there’s more of an appetite for them,” he said. “I mean, they’re not drones equipped with hellfire missiles. It’s purely for surveillance.”

U-6 is still around 14%, but sure… lets legalize millions more people from other countries and put them on welfare or unemployment insurance. Idiots.

http://politicalwire.com/ mikemiller56

Wrong blog fella, you need to go to the hatred of all things the black president has done where your eroudite commentary is better appreicated. Make more noise bigot.

E L Frederick

Thanks for adding a fact free reply. It makes it much easier to dismiss you as a trolling idiot.

http://politicalwire.com/ mikemiller56

Well bigots are so very easy to confuse, I will try to use smallish words. 2 quick questions, A how did your kin get into the USA; just by signing a book in Ellis Island I bet.
B You think that because the President is black you and your fellow bigots do not need any reason to work to make this country better.
Plus the hat is that a phallic (penis) symbol or what? Go back to freedom outpost or redstate or bigots r us, or whatever rock you slid from under. You are out of your depth here toots.

Tom

It’s funny the way you talk to this guy and have the nerve to call him a bigot. Because he has a cowboy hat and doesn’t agree with amnesty for illegals makes him a right wing racist fool? But HE is the bigot and not you?

Tom Smith

To be exact, my kin went through a 3 year application process before they set one foot in the USA.
Mexican invaders ought to go through the same process.
Deport them, and if they really, really want to be Americans, they can apply like Everyone else.

Chin Kim Chong

Let all the Mexicans to marry our women so they can become legal

E L Frederick

If they want to earn their citizenship by serving in the military, I am all for it.

Chin Kim Chong

At least every person who becomes a legal resident has to be register for Selective Service. On the immigration reform deal they should include a clause so all new legalized immigrant have to serve a year of voluntary service for their communities.

lilflourocheezits

Be careful what you wish for. Not every illegal is Latino.

raffaelecafagna

Wrong Again ; You don`t get it : COME HERE THE LEGAL WAY or NO WAY . IT IS THE LAW OF OUR LAND ; you like always don`t get it and you do not have any RESPECT OF OUR LAWS.

lilflourocheezits

If they’re worth having. Many are illiterate, diseased and criminal. We have enough trash without taking the world’s.

E L Frederick

Unfortunately, I realize that “unemployment” for 14% of people currently in the United States is a hard concept to understand. However, you have yet to do anything to refute my argument, other than call me names, that it would be a lousy idea to invite more people into the country when we can’t even employ the ones we have. Now that argument is based on fact. It’s also based on the CBO report that said that to pass amnesty would further depress wages for low income groups.

However, if you wish to continue to show your own ignorance, and bigotry, by calling me names and such you are welcome to. Doing so reflects worse on you than it does on me.

E L Frederick

My family immigrated over here in 1699, and they did it legally. We aren’t talking about legal immigration. I have no problem with legal immigration. I do have a problem with the people who won’t even “sign a book at Ellis Island” to get here, but just hop a river, or jump a fence to steal jobs.
I have a problem with employers who will hire and victimized illegals and pay them crap wages.
I had a problem with it under Bush, and I have a problem with it under this president. The color of his skin has nothing to do with it.

Chin Kim Chong

I always wonder how can people remember their ancestors from the 1600’s, its jut funny that they do remember things when they weren’t born

E L Frederick

It’s called Family History/Genealogy.

Chin Kim Chong

unless there is a true family history some links in the Genealogy books are missing specially when there are not writing records. Also many people bear the same last names regardless of the time they immigrated.

E L Frederick

Would you care to get back on point, or do you plan to continue to go down a tangent?

raffaelecafagna

how did Your kin get into the USA ???? DID THEY JUMP THE FENCE , or Ellis Island like everyone else ??????
INFORM YOURSELF , Obama is not black : 50% white , 46% muslim ; got it ??? he could have solved all the Problems here , Leading by Example , he had a life-time chance to be the best and put America back to work , Establish order , Justice , Respect and Unity ; but you keep your Hope and Change and I will keep my Freedom at any cost.

Usually I wouldn’t stoop to correcting someone else’s spelling, but in your case, troll, I couldn’t resist.

Chin Kim Chong

The facts are most likely the 11 million are working now and have not collected any welfare and will not if they get legalized

Tom Smith

How many of those 11 million jobs would be filled by unemployed Americans collecting Government benefits if the invaders were deported?

MrArchieBunker

GET EDUCATED SO YOU WONT HAVE TO SIT AND WORRY ABOUT LOSING YOUR LAWN MOWING CAR WASHING JOB TO A POOR IMMIGRANT WHO IS A CHILD OF ALMIGHTY GOD THE SAME AS YOU.

E L Frederick

Being as much a child of God as I am isn’t an issue. Nor is it an issue of someone taking my job. I’m not about to lose my job to an illegal. The issue is that we have an economy that has never recovered from the housing crash and 14% unemployment.

Bringing in more low wage workers is going to further depress wages and cause more issues for everyone. With the government printing money like crazy to keep the system afloat (Quantitative Easing) it will further hurt the economy, not help it, to bring in more foreign workers.

When we passed amnesty in the 80s we saw a huge surge of workers come in from other nations. Don’t tell me we are just talking about who is here, because just the act of talking about amnesty encourages more to come here in hopes of being able to stay.

We simply do not have the jobs to support them.

MrArchieBunker

NONE.

raffaelecafagna

Uninformed and Confused ; Go back to your cave , Become Informed and come back .

E L Frederick

11 million? Not with 14% unemployment, worse for minorities, and an economy that is just limping along.

Chin Kim Chong

Many Americans have greater expectation than a cleaning toilet jobs, even if they are not prepared to do nothing else

E L Frederick

And?

We all have to start somewhere. I worked as a janitor when a teenager. I also worked fast food. You do what you have to do to earn a paycheck.

There is no shame in honest work.

Chin Kim Chong

I can see you understand the concept of hard work but most people on the anti-immigration wagon want to get better wedges to work instead

E L Frederick

I’m not anti-immigration. I’m anti-Illegal-immigration. I’m all for people who want to come to the US to be able to come here. I am all for speeding up the process.
However, the economics reality is that this is NOT the time to open the flood gates. Until such time as we get a real recovery from the housing bubble, and lower the unemployment rate (U-6, not U-3) we are not in a position to help anyone. We can’t even help ourselves at this point.

Chin Kim Chong

That could be reasonable but still we have 11 millions in the shadows, that’s the main question and the republican excuse to not embrace immigration reform.

lilflourocheezits

The Republican base solution is to enforce existing law before creating new laws. The Republican establishment position is to import low wage workers and stick it to the middle class by leaving them on the hook for the balance.

Chin Kim Chong

So how come they have it both ways, when they have the labor but want to deport them

lilflourocheezits

A guest worker program where they come in and go out, any business that hired illegals pays fines and sponsors them after proving no American would do their job is fine.

Chin Kim Chong

That is contemplated in the senate bill

lilflourocheezits

Even Rubio has backed away from that POS bill.

E L Frederick

No, the Republicans don’t believe in rewarding those who have broken the law to come here illegally.

Those who have waited years to get there, by following the rules should not be punished for doing so. Those who have broken the law should be punished for it.

Chin Kim Chong

I can see any sense on that argument that people have to wait until they are old enough for retirement to get a green card. If a 20year old has to wait 20 years “In Line” at 40 what could be his productive live span?

It just doesn’t make sense to get people in the sunset of their lives

E L Frederick

Which is why I said, two replies above this one, that I am in favor of speeding up the process.

Chin Kim Chong

Well speeding the process would give the same results as legalizing

E L Frederick

No, speeding the process still requires those who are here illegally to get back in line.

raffaelecafagna

You are Confused , Brainwashed , UNINFORMED ; HOW DID YOU CAM HERE ???????It is more like 24 Million and the 7 up are just like you , Liberals , Jerks , with no brain to understand the price we pay for iIlegal Immigration .
Chin Kim Chong do us a favor go back to your computer and search IIlegal Immigration ; INFORM YOURSELF BEFORE YOU SPEAK ; Search TUITION FOR ILLEGALS and BENEFITS ; UNTIL YOU INFORM YOURSELF STFU .
THANK YOU.

MY QUESTION WAS : how did you came here to America ????????????????????????????????????

Chin Kim Chong

My ancestors came here in the late 1800’s . Did something in the link made you uncomfortable ?

raffaelecafagna

So you are a Natural Born Legal American Citizen ; WHAT ABOUT ILLEGALS FOLLOWING THE SAME ROAD YOU TOOK INSTEAD OF JUMPING THE FENCE ???
P.S. I am not Screaming at you , Just emphasizing and having your Attention to Details .

Chin Kim Chong

I agree with your statement. It should be the same way for all future immigration but for some economic reasons we let 11 millions to get in and now we have to deal with it.

lilflourocheezits

No, we do not. Federal employees can start earning their paychecks starting at the top with the executive branch.

raffaelecafagna

There is no such an Item * Economic Reason * ; the Facts are that there is No Jobs in America ; everything is from China , nothing made here ; all the industries have been closed down by EPA and Obama ; 16 Coal Industries have been shut down ; December 31st the Led industry in Missouri was put out of business by EPA ; now we import led from China . In 1970 the Legal Immigrants allowed in the USA was 150.000 in one year ; Today do you know how many Legal Immigrants are coming here ?????
and refugees ??? Lottery Visas ??? Pregnant women coming here to give birth so they can stay ???? Visa Overstay ??? 48% of the population is on the give me give me Free stuff ; majority don`t want to work and keep collecting benefits , many have been there 2 years ; in China and the rest of the planet ,you don`t work you don`t eat ; am I correct or wrong ???? 20 Million American can`t find work ; others have to work 2 jobs so they can survive .
No we did not let them in ; the Leadership never did their job to Secure the Borders ; that is the Problem . He goes back to Napolitano when she was in charge of DHS ; Borders wide Open and are that way today .

Q: Does the IRS pay billions in tax refunds to workers who are in the U.S. illegally?

A: Yes. The Treasury Department’s Inspector General determined that $4.2 billion was paid in 2010, up from less than $1 billion in 2005. Leading Democrats are resisting a bill that would stop future payments.

FULL ANSWER

This is a rare case of an Internet rumor with some substance to it. In fact, it’s shaping up as a major dogfight in Congress. At issue are the federal child tax credits that can be claimed by persons with dependent children under age 17. Some Democrats are already defending these child tax credit payments that have gone to those without a valid Social Security number, accusing Republicans who want to end them of a heartless attack on children.

Several versions of this viral email all cite a recent investigative story by an Indianapolis television station, but WTHR-TV is far from the first to notice. TheWashington Post and others reported on this last year when the Treasury Department’s inspector general for tax administration issued a report on July 7, 2011.

The title of the report summed up the IG’s finding: “Individuals Who Are Not Authorized to Work in the United States Were Paid $4.2 Billion in Refundable Credits.”

The credits currently amount to $1,000 per child, and they are “refundable,” meaning that parents may receive refunds even when they do not owe any tax.

The IG report stated that more than 2.3 million persons who did not have Social Security numbers valid for working in the U.S. got an average of roughly $1,800 each in 2010 in child tax credit refunds. That included 9,000 illegal immigrants who each got a total of $10,000 or more by retroactively claiming credits for tax years prior to 2010.

Chin Kim Chong

Another argument to tax American kids?

lilflourocheezits

Your argument is always to steal from future generations.

Chin Kim Chong

Are you implying that 47 millions of poor Americans are stealing from future generations?

lilflourocheezits

Obamacare, Social Security, Medicare — All are insolvent and steal from future generations. Fraud, waste and abuse should be prosecuted, not lobbied for by Democrats.

Sovereignty Please

I thought amnesty was super-dooper popular! Why not do it during an election year?

Oh that’s right: America opposes rewarding illegal aliens.

Malcontent2

Illegal aliens already have amnesty, or they wouldn’t be
here. The issue now is legalization/citizenship.

lilflourocheezits

Obama refusing to enforce the laws on the books is not amnesty.

raffaelecafagna

dereliction of duty

PaminIndy

It sure is. IMPEACH OBAMA

dectra

The Obama Administration isn’t refusing to enforce the
law, and by “the law,” on
immigration.

What is being done is that a limited and temporary exception is being created for a certain class of people that will give them relief from the threat of deportation (as long as they don’t commit a major crime) for a period of two years.

It isn’t a path to citizenship. It won’t allow anyone who isn’t a citizenship to vote. And, anyone who is covered by this policy will still have to go through the same process as everyone else to receive a work permit.

This isn’t even the only such exception that has been implemented by an American President. There’s one that applies to refugees from Central America that has been in place for more than a decade now, and another that applies to immigrants from China that was put in place under George W. Bush.

lilflourocheezits

Which law says there is a protected class of immigrants that gets to stay in the country after having broken our immigration laws? The answer is there is not one. He is absolutely refusing to enforce the law.

According to the House Judiciary Committee, the Obama administration released 47,000 illegal immigrants who were in state and local prisons and went on to commit more crimes, including charges of 19 murders, 3 attempted murders and 142 sex crimes. By refusing to deport illegals 30 and under, Obama is drastically reducing deportations. Over 50% of these illegals have criminal records.

Joss

yeah…let’s deport your mother.

PaminIndy

If your mother entered our country illegally, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN. OR JAIL, WHERE CRIMINALS BELONG.

Lance Sjogren

Amnesty is really popular. Just check the poll results. Here is a typical amnesty poll:

Please answer a or b:

a). We should demand that undocumented immigrants register with the government, learn english, pay back taxes, la de da, do 100 pushups ever day and sing God Bless America before going to bed every night.

b). We should round up undocumented immigrants into concentration camps, feed them moldy rats, waterboard them on Sundays, and then offer them death by hanging or firing squad.

Most Americans will answer a. I would pick a from those two choices. PROOF POSITIVE that Americans support amnesty for illegal aliens!

PaminIndy

In 1986, we legalized millions of illegals. That did a lot of good! So our incompetent government did nothing to police our borders, and now we are gonna do it again?????????? Why do we even bother to have laws, if our own lawmakers refuse to enforce them???????

Stew Winkel

This type of thinking is disgraceful (and Rep Carter is certainly not the only person in Congress who thinks like this). Every other year is an election year. So 50% of the time Congress does not want to tackle difficult issues because they would rather put them off in hopes of winning a few seats in an election? I am not naive, i get each side wants to win, but winning has so far trumped actually doing their jobs that they might as well not even pretend.

papal

The majority of folks do not support Amnesty. If they did the dems would have passed it when they controlled congress, just like Obamacare. They didn’t even bring it up. No matter what the dems tell the illegals, the politicians aren’t willing to put their office on the line with an amnesty vote.

MrArchieBunker

They did not bring it up because Under Bush it up because the ECONOMY was in SHAMBLES. The Dow went down to 6800 many lost 65% of their PENSION, The Dow is now over 16,000 So many are getting their Pensions and more. STOP SHOWING YOUR IGNORANCE IN ECONOMICS>
ALSO Mexico is the 3 rd LARGEST Trading Partner with USA. 1TRILLION $$$ . Stop Your Silly Thoughtless Ignorance .
Get Educated then sit and spew your hate. God Bless.

raffaelecafagna

Same Old S…..Different Days , SAME MENTALITY of LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ; Bush Left at the End of 2008 and you keep at it .
You are in Serious need to EDUCATE yourself ; you are confused ; START HERE : YOU CAN~T GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY WITHOUT PERMISSION ; I SUGGEST YOU GO TO MEXICO WITHOUT PAPERS and SEE FOR YOURSELF .
YOU WILL BE IN JAIL CHAINED TO A METAL BED .
S.T.F.U. and INFORM YOURSELF BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR HUGLY MOUTH .

papal

The dems didn’t bring it up because they feared the backlash of the voters. Cowards all of them. They could have had any amnesty bill they wanted without one repub vote, they choose silence. Mexico is also the largest supplier of illegal immigrants so what is your point. The dems are also claiming that amnesty will help the economy now.

Lance Sjogren

Actually amnesty would grow the economy. The trouble is, the economy would grow a lot slower than the population. So the standard of living would go down. Of course, we have to keep in mind it is a civil rights issue. Mark Zuckerberg needs to be able to excercise his civil right to hire a pool boy for two dollars an hour.

papal

I’m not sure it would grow the economy if most are employed now illegally. I don’t agree that it is a civil rights issue, they broke the law to be here and it is the “amnesty” folks that want to turn it into a civil rights issue. It’s kInd of like finding someone trespassing on your property and when you demand that they leave, they demand the local law enforcement the right to stay on your property The fact is the dems could have passed any bill they wanted, without any repub support(just like Obamacare) and they choose not to, period.

Lance Sjogren

Bunker: Exactly what did papal say that was hateful?

You appear to be one of those left wing shock jocks who love to hurl insults at anyone who disagrees with you on anything.

And then you have the audacity to do a song and dance about how YOU are the rational one.

Jake_Labrador

Yeah…it was all Bush’s fault. These morons even blamed Hurricane Katrina on Bush. And some of these Libs like Michael Moore and that fat cow Rosie O’Donnell believe that Bush blew up the World Trade Center to get us into war.
Let’s face it folks. Liberalism is a mental disorder.

Dana Garcia

If it were up to me, we would have an election every year. Otherwise the pols forget who the bosses are.

PaminIndy

Anyone who thinks it is a good idea to allow 11 million CRIMINALS to become citizens IS OUT OF THEIR MINDS!!! When these people entered our country, the first thing they did was to BREAK OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS. I agree that the children should be able to EARN CITIZEN STATUS, I would suggest a stint in our armed services, with an honorable discharge. But the adults who violated our immigration laws ARE CRIMINALS. How do you expect anyone to obey our laws when they know that in 20 years or so, they will be absolved of their crime and will be citizens? Why do we even bother to enact laws, just to break them or disregard them?? When we “legalized” millions of ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS in 1986, We The People, were assured that this was a one time thing, and that our borders would be secured and this WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. It looks like our government has lied to us again, imagine that.
The only people who want illegals to become citizens are the immigrants and their friends and families. NO TAXPAYERS THINK IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO LEGALIZE THESE CRIMINALS! And the taxpayers are the ones who vote for our lawmakers, and they need to pay attention to what the taxpayers want, and not be bowing to politically correct rhetoric. . Obama promised to legalize them, just to get their votes, but THANK GOD, that will never happen again. And why are illegals even allowed to vote, they are not citizens. I am so glad that everyone needs ID to vote now. As you can see, he hasn’t kept that promise, as so many of his promises were broken. We spend BILLIONS of tax dollars to feed, clothe, educate and provide medical services for illegals now, can you imagine if they were allowed to get even more services? THIS LAW MUST NEVER HAPPEN!

Joss

You don’t have the enough knowledge, facts, information to know what your talking about. Ignorant!

raffaelecafagna

You are Uninformed , Confused , Brainwashed : Inform Yourself :

The following are 19 very disturbing facts about illegal immigration
that every American should know…

#1 57 percent of all
households that are led by an immigrant (legal or illegal) are enrolled in at
least one welfare program.
#2 According to one study, the cost to U.S. taxpayers of
legalizing current illegal immigrants would
be approximately 6.3
trillion dollars
#3 The Obama administration has
distributed flyers that tell illegal immigrants that their immigration status will not be checked when
they apply
for food stamps.
#4 The Department of
Homeland Security says that it has lost track of a
million people that have entered this country but that appear never to have
left.
#5 One
out of every five children living in Los
Angeles County has a parent that is in the country illegally.
#6 In one recent year, taxpayers in Los Angeles County spent
600 million dollars on welfare for children of illegal immigrants.
#7 Thanks to illegal immigration, California’s overstretched
health care system is
on the verge of collapse. Dozens of California hospitals and emergency
rooms have shut down over the past decade because they could not afford to stay
open after being endlessly swamped by illegal immigrants who were simply not
able to pay for the services that they were receiving. As a result, the
remainder of the health care system in the state of California is now beyond
overloaded. This had led to brutally long waits, diverted ambulances and even
unnecessary patient deaths. At this point, the state of California now ranks dead
last out of all 50 states in the number of emergency rooms per million
people.
#8 It has been estimated that U.S. taxpayers spend $12,000,000,000 a
yearon primary andsecondary
school education for the children of illegal immigrants.
#9 It is estimated that illegal aliens make up approximately 30
percent of the population in federal, state and local prisons and that the
total cost of incarcerating them is more than $1.6 billion annually.
#10 The federal government actually has a website that
teaches immigrantshow
to sign up for welfare programs once they arrive in the United States.
#11 The Obama administration recently introduced the very
first “unmanned”
border station along the Texas-Mexico border.
#12 The Obama administration has sued individual states such
as Arizona that have tried to crack down on illegal immigration.
#13 According to the FBI, there are approximately 1.4
million gang members living in our cities. Illegal immigration has been one
of the primary factors that has fueled the growth of these gangs.
#14 As I have written about previously,
there are only about 200 police officers assigned to Chicago’s Gang Enforcement
Unit to handle the estimated 100,000
gang members living in the city.
#15 Mexican drug cartels make approximately 6.6
billion dollars a year“exporting” illegal drugs to the United States.
#16 It is an open secret that Mexican drug cartels are openly
conducting military operations inside the United States. The handful of
border patrol agents that we have guarding the border are massively outgunned
and outmanned.
#17 According to the Justice Department’s National Drug
Intelligence Center, Mexican drug cartels were actively operating in
50 different U.S. cities in 2006. By 2010, that number had skyrocketed to
1,286.
#18 Overall, more
than 55,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence in Mexico since
2006. That same level of violence will eventually show up in major U.S. cities
unless something dramatic is done about illegal immigration.
#19 It is being projected that the Senate immigration bill
will bring 33
million more people to the United States over the next decade.

One of the very few things that the federal government is actually required
to do by the U.S. Constitution is to defend our borders, and unfortunately the
Obama administration has willingly chosen to leave our borders completely wide
open. In fact, you can go down to the Texas border right now and
watch illegal immigrants hop right across the Rio Grande.

Several retired Border Patrol agents recently drafted an open letter to the
American people on the subject of illegal immigration, and what they had to say
was quite startling. The following is an excerpt from that letter that was in a
recent Breitbart
article…
“Transnational criminal enterprises have annually invested millions of
dollars to create and staff international drug and human smuggling networks
inside the United States; thus it is no surprise that they continue to
accelerate their efforts to get trusted representatives in place as a means to
guarantee continued success,” the Border Patrol agents wrote.

“We must never lose sight of the fact that the United States is the market
place for the bulk of transnational criminal businesses engaged in human
trafficking and the smuggling, distribution and sale of illegal drugs. Organized
crime on this scale we are speaking about cannot exist without political
protection.”
According to those retired border agents, by refusing to secure our border
the Obama administration is openly facilitating the trafficking of drugs into
the United States…
“Most heroin, cocaine, meth, and marijuana marketed in the United States is
produced outside of our country, and then smuggled into the United States,” they
wrote. “The placement of trusted foreign employees inside the United States is
imperative to insure success in continuing to supply the demand, and returning
the profits to the foreign organization. Members of these vicious transnational
crime syndicates are already well established in more than 2,000 American cities
and their numbers are increasing as networks expand and demands accelerate.
These transnational criminals present a real and present danger to all
Americans, and they live among us.”
Sadly, in politically correct America you can’t even talk about the problem
of illegal immigration these days without being labeled as a “racist”.
For the record, I believe that all people deserve love and respect no matter
what they look like or where they are born. God created us all and He loves us
all very much. I have long been a
very strong advocate for racial reconciliation in this country, and I will
continue to be.
Unfortunately, we have a system of immigration today that greatly rewards
lawless behavior. We have made coming into this country through the front door
exceedingly difficult, but we have left the back door completely wide open.
So hard working, law-abiding people that want to do things the right way are
kept out, but those that want to come here and commit crimes or abuse the system
are free to come on over any time that they would like.
What sense does that make?
Our immigration system is completely broken, but these days we cannot even
have a rational debate about these issues. In politically correct America,
illegal immigrants have become a “favored class” of people that you are never
supposed to say anything bad about.

In fact, D.H.S. let illegal immigrants out of prison no matter what crimes
they have committed…

PaminIndy

You are certainly entitled to your opinion, Joss. But my information is correct, perhaps you need to know what you’re talking about. But at least I can form a proper sentence (“you don’t have THE ENOUGH)? UMMM WHO IS IGNORANT

Joss

This is a political game for some members of congress (like Rep. John Carter of Texas) meanwhile people are desperate for solutions!
Mr. Boehner is looking for solutions and his own party is looking for keeping their jobs.
Let’s reform the immigration laws and move on!!!

Tom Smith

Yes, John Boehner is really a “solutions” guy.
And what “reforms” are you talking about?
If it’s Amnesty, let’s forget it and move on.

raffaelecafagna

ENFORCE THE EXISTING LAWS ; COME HERE HE LEGA WAY OR NO WAY . ALSO : YOU CAN~T GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY WITHOUT PERISSION ; go to Mexico with no papers and you will be in jail .
You will find out when your job will be taken by an Illegal making $ 5 and you will be on the side walk .

raffaelecafagna

ENFORCE THE EXISTING LAWS : YOU CAN~T GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY WITHOUT PERMISSION . COME HERE THE LEGAL WAY OR NO WAY . SECURE THE BORDERS . JOSS IS THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU AS EXISTING LAWS . ????????????

PaminIndy

Well said, raffael. Unfortunately, Joss is obviously not capable of understanding fact and logic.

freedom man

texsas mister carter :) he say I dont care 11 million people mean they are not human am I right mister carter or zarter ? guess what if not come immigration reform this yiir or others yiirs hispanic people black brothers sisters same asian brothers sisters same young people same females we are unitede mid election after 2016 big election every one see how they lost republican EVIL PARTY election mister zarter sorry carter texsas gona be blue state u want or not time click is our side tic tac tic tac ;)

gthog61

ah, a wonderful example of the liberal thought process!

raffaelecafagna

24 Million Illegal Aliens Go back home to Mexico , tell your Mexican President * SHAPE UP * Fix the Corruption , the Problems all the ABUSES , There in your Country ; that is how you solve Problems ; do not bring your problems here . COME HERE THE LEGAL WAY ; JUMPING THE FENCE IT`S A CRIME

PaminIndy

Geeez! This is just one more reason to make sure people enter our country legally. It should be law that anyone who wants to be a citizen here, SHOULD LEARN TO SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE (which is English). If we let In anyone who wants to come here, we will be a country of ILLITERATES. I could barely understand what you wrote, but I think you are comparing blacks and Asians, to illegal immigrants? Unless they are illegal also, that makes absolutely no sense. AMERICANS ARE AMERICANS, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR SKIN COLOR OR WHERE THEY CAME FROM, as long as they came here pursuant to our laws.
What is it that is so hard to understand about the law, that says you enter legally, or you are a criminal?

freedom man

lee me tell u somethink if I say u right now fuc… u do u understand ? efcourse u understand I am sorry I didint go oxford what ever u right over heer belev me all u say I understand but anyway u guys racist nothink more or les

Guest

one more thinks forget about it my english what u gonna do 11 million human life who has usa citizen kids or husband or wife I have 4 kids I told them ever never give VOTE republican but if u can u will deport right ? am I right ? U GUYS CANT ACCEPT IT .

putupjob

To GOP: pass any kind of immigration “reform” of any kind and you may as well keep on walking right out the door and down the capitol steps, for you are then a party that used to be and is no more. We will get you.

Malcontent2

No one in the GOP (including the Tea Party) is doing anything whatsoever to stop Obama’s illegal fiat acts by moving to deport illegal aliens in this country. Nor are they stopping the unimpeded flow that arrives each day. All they do is talk-a-good-talk to appease their base.
The base falls for it every time. It’s as if GOP/Tea Party voters all
have Stockholm Syndrome.

Bottom Line: The GOP/Tea Party (including Ted Cruz) have said that they agree to legalization/citizenship (and bringing in more workers) if certain
criteria are met (e.g., enhanced border security). Bullsh*t.

Just Sayin’…

WhoIsMyNeighbor

These cowards refuse to to the jobs for which they were elected…so they can be re-elected? What craven careerism.

lilflourocheezits

They were elected to uphold the Constitution and defend our borders.

raffaelecafagna

Their Pockets and Interests are First , Illegals next ; we Americans are Nothing ; Revenge is coming , WE SHALL REMEMBER.

Lance Sjogren

You can never make the politicians pay for their evil deeds. All you can do is get them out of office so they stop wielding their wrecking ball. The worst they can expect is that the public is so outraged they have to flee to Rio, and then they will still be living the good life. But at least they will no longer be destroying ours.

Jake_Labrador

The people will remain docile for just so long.
A revolution is coming…..

raffaelecafagna

yes indeed ; it can`t go on like this

dectra

blah blah blah….Jake you’ve been watching too much TV.

raffaelecafagna

you ki## a## to Illegals ; you see the difference ?????

dectra

Typical right wing bluster.

You don’t have the intelligence to anything of import, raff.

raffaelecafagna

I feel sorry for you dectra , the Truth hurts ; not a right wing , but a Constitutionalist ; go read it , only 26 pages ;
will do you some good and bring you out of that satanic liberal mentality . Bless you.

dectra

‘truth hurts’

Yes, raff, it does. The truth, however, is subjective when discussing most things regarding public policy.

But hey, you keep calling others childish names.That’s worked so well in advancing your party’s causes…..

WhoIsMyNeighbor

Exactly where in the Constitution are they prohibited from writing laws reforming an immigration system that clearly does not work? How, exactly, does refusing to reform those laws “defend” our borders?

Lance Sjogren

Just because there are flaws in our immigration system is not a justification to demolish the system, which is what so-called “reform” would do.

Jake_Labrador

Immigration reform is just a euphemism for amnesty.
These illegals come here and work for low wages. They are driving down wages and competing with American workers for jobs.

Jake_Labrador

The democrats want amnesty, aka “reform”, because millions of illegal Mexican aliens would be on “a pathway to citizenship”. Since they are mostly poor folks they will vote for the party that gives them more benefits, the democrats. Some republicans want this because their corporate supporters want the cheap labor. Meanwhile the middle class is being destroyed. American workers have to compete with Chinese making $200/month. The democrats will have millions of poor Mexicans competing for whatever jobs are left here.

WhoIsMyNeighbor

No answer, eh?

lilflourocheezits

Some of us have lives. Sorry within 24 hours was too slow.

WhoIsMyNeighbor

I was not replying to the speed, I was replying to the deflection. “Gotcha” Radio has rotted people’s ability to think critically. If they don’t like a question, they just answer some other question (like Jake above)–often by citing people who are making stuff up (like you do below).

You said they cannot do immigration reform because they were elected to uphold the Constitution. That is where you claimed it was “prohibited.” And then you cite Heritage, who is recycling discredited CIS blather, to claim the border needs a 200-mile death zone (okay, not in the parts you cite, but in that same report). THAT is unconstitutional.

The parts of S. 744 you don’t like (most of which is misrepresented) is what lawmaking is about. If they don’t like a bill, then they change it, but they don’t have the option of simply not doing their jobs because they want to keep their jobs.

lilflourocheezits

You called them cowards for not passing legislation that you like. Their job is to represent their constituents within the framework laid out by the founders. Our immigration system is broken because existing law is not enforced. That is an executive branch failing.

If they really wanted to make themselves useful, they would get busy abolishing jus soli and making the Fourteenth Amendment clearer. It was meant protect people who were brought here unwillingly as slaves.

I cited Heritage because no progressive think tank is going to level with you how much their policies cost. This has been the case from SS to Obamacare. I can only guess how the “death zone” is unconstitutional.

You also seem to be confused about what their jobs are. They are lawmakers, but that is not the oath they take upon entering office. That was my point. And deny and deflect — Your opening salvo was pure deflection, and name-calling is the easiest way to do it — but that bill is all about amnesty for laws already broken or “dealing with the millions of undocumented already here and living in the shadows” or however you want to dress it up. My link provides one to the acual bill. Anyone is free to peruse it and educate themselves.

dectra

So, Jake….enlighten us. How do you deal with the 11 Million people who are already here? Most are working, paying taxes and trying to raise their families (just like you).

What heartless, cruel plan do you have to uproot them and shove them back over the boarders?

lilflourocheezits

Plenty of nice, hard-working people want to move here legally. Those here illegally can leave, reapply and return.

lilflourocheezits

Who said they were prohibited? It’s not only an unpopular law but a slap in the face to those who are abiding the existing laws despite considerable time, effort and expense.

tbone1

Because they proven that they cannot keep their assurance that the border will be secured the next time around – when another 30,000,000 illegally enter ten years from now. We already know that the laws on the books are not being enforced – so let’s enforce them! They still apply.

gthog61

from his mouth’s to God’s ear

amberdru

If it’s so popular why does it matter that it is an election year?

Chin Kim Chong

So immigration reform won’t pass because the whole deal is to make the black man in the white house look bad.
That’s how our taxes are spent these days

Tom Smith

Let’s spend our tax dollars making 12 million illiterates
from Central Mexico nice and comfy in the USA.

MrArchieBunker

Frankly, If you’re an American who doesn’t have to worry about all those obstacles, and you were born with advantages that come with U.S. citizenship, and you still find yourself losing out to undocumented workers, YOU SHOULDN’T BE COMPLAINING You should be EMBARRASSED.

WHO & WHY ARE YOU AFRAID OF THESE POOR DISH WASHING, FOOD PICKERS ? ARE YOU SO UNEDUCATED THAT YOU ARE AFRAID TO LOSE YOUR CAR WASHING LAWN MOWING JOB??

To those who complain that the Undocumented Immigrants are taking away their jobs.
Very Simple solution, Buy the book, SECRETS OF THE MILLIONAIRE MIND You can get this in Amazon. and YOU WILL SEE WHY YOU ARE NOT A MILLIONAIRE.

Like this you will build your own Fortune regardless of the poor food pickers who cross our borders to enrich their life’s.

FIRST LEARN TO ENRICH YOUR OWN LIFE BEFORE YOU SIT AND BLAME OTHERS FOR YOUR OWN FAILURES>
LEARN TO BE RICH IN YOUR MIND, BODY, SOUL AND FINANCES.
GOD BLESS & GOOD LUCK :)

GET A LIFE STOP SHOWING YOUR IGNORANCE & HATE TOWARDS ALMIGHTY GODS CHILDREN, BETTER YET GO VOLUNTEER TO A VETERANS / CHILDREN’S / CANCER HOSPITAL OR A SENIOR HOME YOU WILL BE DOING GOOD FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR NATION.

raffaelecafagna

Take your Illegal Alien Problems back to Mexico and tell your Mexican President to Shape up and Solve your Problems there in your country ; don`t bring us your problems ; COME HERE THE LEGAL WAY ; The Law says : YOU CAN~T GO TO ANOTHER CUNTRY WITHOUT PERMISSION ; If I go to your Country without permission I will be in Jail chained to a metal bed ; so WHO GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO COME TO MY COUNTRY ???????????????????? THESE ARE YOUR LLEGAL ALIENS COMADRES COMING HERE .

tbone1

My guess is that you’re suffering from too much white privilege. Ever thought about the impoverished and unemployed black American that can’t find a job? You’ve got your priorities all screwed up.

cranky_1970

We already do. By automatically giving their special Ed children citizenship we leave open the national cookie jar for them to shove in their eager brown hands.

Layla

Not without one hell of a fight.

raffaelecafagna

NOT REALLY : IN AMRICA we have Laws , Rules , Regulations that have to be RESPECTED , OBEYED and ENFORCED ; Chin Kim Chong your country of origin has the same Laws : YOU CAN~T GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY WITHOUT PERMISSION ; HOW DID YOU CAME HERE ????
If I go to your country without permission I ill be in jail ; So I suggest you RESPECT the Laws in My Country ; GOT IT ?????. We don` need to pass any NEW Immigration Reforms ; we need to ENFORCE the EXISTING LAWS ; do you understand ?? The one Presented to you here . The black man in the white house is not a black man ; he` s 50% white and 46% muslim ; don`t you know that ???? and you are uninformed and confused .
Come here the Legal Way NOT the Obama way ; the O way is : Jump the Fence , come here , I will give you everything FREE , no questions asked ,
free food , free education , free medical , free citizenship , all paid by stupid American Taxpayers; maybe now you will understand HOW our Taxes are spent these days.

tbone1

Racist much?

Tom Smith

Why do the Republicans keep picking LOSING issues?
Amnesty won’t pass, but will tear the GOP apart.
Why not focus on finding jobs for 27 million unemployed Americans,
and force Obama to enforce current immigration laws.
Those would be WINNING issues.

cranky_1970

Because the GOP RINO leadership want big money K Street jobs after they get forced out of office.

lilflourocheezits

They won’t get forced out of office, if they listen to the voters.

Lance Sjogren

This is the issue where the Democrats are most at odds with the will of the people, and what does the Republican Establishment want to do- suck up to the Democrats.

PaminIndy

You are so right, Tom. IMPEACH OBAMA!

dectra

Pam.

Give it a rest. Your guy lost the election, you’re not going to reverse it over some b/s lies as you foolishly try to claim ‘grounds’ for impeachment.

1mrt1

You are lucky we dont get 67 in the Senate. He would be removed…quickly

dectra

Hush child. No one cares what you think.

1mrt1

Up Yours troll. I would crush your face like a walnut you cowardly POS

dectra

Again, Hush child. No one cares what you think.

tbone1

Open your eyes, With all your thumbs down, it appears clear that nobody cares what YOU think.

dectra

‘all my thumbs down’???

So, in your little world, tbone, you think “gosh someone didn’t agree with me” as grounds not to tell a low intelligence stalker like MrT(bagger) to be quiet?

You really aren’t too bright, are you?

Layla

Oh, but yes, WE DO.

dectra

Yes, we should NOT work on the major issues facing the country, right?

The GOP wonders why it keeps loosing National Elections?

The DO NOT LEAD.

MrArchieBunker

The GOP / Republicans & Tea Partiers have an Illness that is worse than cancer its called OBAMISITIS :-).

EDUCATE YOURSELF. GET THE TRUE FACTS NOT POLITICAL SPIN & LIES.

GOP=GRUMPY OLD PEOPLE

GOP=GRUMPY OLD PUTZSE’S

GOP= GRAND OBSTRUCTION PARTY. :):)

raffaelecafagna

I feel Sorry for you and your Brainwashed mentality ; if you would spend one minute of your time Reading , Searching , so to become INFORMED about the Facts instead of your Uninformed Fictions ; you would be a better person , that is : an INFORMED CITIZEN .

Layla

Amnesty is NOT LEADING, it is self destruction. Want to be a citizen? Fine, com e here legally.

MrArchieBunker

The GOP / Republicans & Tea Partiers have an Illness that is worse than cancer its called OBAMISITIS :-).

EDUCATE YOURSELF. GET THE TRUE FACTS NOT POLITICAL SPIN & LIES.

GOP=GRUMPY OLD PEOPLE

GOP=GRUMPY OLD PUTZSE’S

GOP= GRAND OBSTRUCTION PARTY. :):)

By 2016 another 5 to 10.000.000 republican senior voters will pass away. And by 2020 another 10 to 20.000.000 million will pass away , so will the GOP= GRUMPY OLD PEOPLE .
There are 50,000 Latinos coming of age to vote every month= over 3.000.000 THREE MILLION NEW VOTERS for 2016 AND ANOTHER 5.000.000 VOTERS IN 2020.THEY ALL ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO VOTE REPUBLICANS :) HA HA HA THANKS FOR THE LAUGH :):):)

The REPUBLICANS ARE A DO NOTHING PARTY. HERE ARE THE FACTS ON IMMIGRATION REFORM.

For all the tough talk about immigration reform, the House has done NOTHING on border security and the Senate has.

Likewise, they’ve done NOTHING to solve the visa overstay issue, workplace verification or the H-1B visa problem. It is well and good to vaguely declare the Gang of Eight bill insufficient, but certainly it does more for border security and these other issues than House Republicans have managed to do (which is NOTHING).

The argument that the House can do NOTHING runs headlong into anti-immigration forces hype about the out-of-control border and the supposed economic burdens of illegal immigration. If it’s such a horrible problem — immigrants pouring over the border and all — why is the REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED HOUSE JUST SITTING THERE?????

Another Year of OPEN BORDERS
Another Year of BORDER CROSSINGS,
Another Year of WORK SITE VERIFICATIONS,
Another Year of VISA OVER STAYS,

In poll after poll, roughly three-quarters of Americans say they support a path to citizenship along the lines laid out in the Senate bill, which calls for a minimum wait of 13 years for most illegal immigrants. In a Gallup poll last month, for example, 87 percent said they would vote in favor of a bill that “would allow illegal immigrants living in the U.S. the opportunity to become citizens after a long waiting period if they paid taxes and a penalty, pass a criminal background check, and learn English.”

Twelve percent said they would oppose such a measure. That is the 12 percent to whom House Republicans are listening. And 12 percent is a long, long way from 51 percent.

By rejecting immigration, the Republicans in the House are sending a message that they’re not interested in being part of the solution. “If you only have to worry about your right flank — you don’t have to worry about a general election, don’t have to worry about governing — that’s a pretty easy gig, isn’t it? What the hell is the point?”

Paul Ryan The Budget Committee chairman, whose next job may be head of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, makes his case based on numbers.

‘‘Baby boomers are retiring to the tune of 10,000 people a day for the next 10 years,’’ Ryan said. ‘‘We’re going to have labor shortages in this country in the next decade. We need to have our immigration system prepared for that. It’s going to take time to do that and that’s why I think we need to do it now.’’

If immigration reform crashes, there will be one and only one reason: a failure of leadership by House Republicans.
The votes to enact meaningful reform already exist. The only question is whether House Republicans will allow them to be cast.

aniptofar

Actually the GOP is made up of people who have an avg income over 45k/y i.e. the people who pay taxes. The Dim Party is made up of people who make less than 45 k/y i.e. the takers. The amnesty will be in the 45k and less group. They will not be fiscal conservatives.

cranky_1970

How is legalizing 11 million low IQ Mexicans going to help the GOP’s future. Mexicans will always vote themselves other people’s money in a Big Government America because they like to eat well, drive expensive cars, get free health care, and have big families although their contribution to the economy is negligible. They are true welfare aristocrats.

ebola131

‘‘Baby boomers are retiring to the tune of 10,000 people a day for the next 10 years,’’ Ryan said. ‘‘We’re going to have labor shortages in this country in the next decade. We need to have our immigration system prepared for that. It’s going to take time to do that and that’s why I think we need to do it now.’’
So let’s import millions of non-English speaking MORONS and their progeny to fill the void.
That’s the ticket.
The government is your enemy.
Prepare for battle.
III

Layla

If it DOESN’T CRASH, there will BE NO GOP.

SicSemperTyrannis

I have a simple solution that should be brought to a vote tomorrow. The US shall enforce immigration laws in strict accordance with Mexico’s for the US southern border. Simple, solved.

cranky_1970

And build an Israeli fence.

jr

I will never vote for a Democrat. And Boehner is making it difficult for me to vote Republican. Looks like I’ll only vote for the Libertarians or Constitution Party.

cranky_1970

Sorry. High tech is unacceptable because it requires law enforcement to act and as we all know from Obama’s dishonorable presidency, law enforcement can simply be told to stand down by Federal Government traitors. A low tech fence built identical to the one built by Israel to stop Palestinuan terrorist and economic refugees is the one and only acceptable security measure.

Jefferson Paine

The politicians we have in office now have absolutely no intention of securing our borders or dutifully and properly enforcing internal immigration security laws.

No matter what they say or write on thousands of pages of unread legislation, they are not going to secure our sovereignty…

Because porous borders and all they cause are a big benefit to politicians and many of their wealthy cronies…

Rule 1 of Immigration Politics: If politicians benefited from secure borders, they would have been secured a long time ago – and we would not have politicians working very hard on behalf of 11M+ citizens of foreign nations, tens of millions of their relatives and others who will be brought here by “immigration reform”.

aniptofar

Immigration Reform=GOP Suicide Watch

Amnesty is the end of the GOP… and maybe that is a good thing.

OwnItObama

This is ridiculous. Why consider ANY type of amnesty (legalization or path to citizenship)? There are immigration laws in effect that this administration illegally chooses to ignore. Strictly enforce those laws and secure the border. Also end the “anchor baby” problem… those kids should not be instant Americans, entitled to every tax-payer paid freebies available.

PaminIndy

Good point, OwnItObama. Is has been known for years that a ridiculous number of illegals enter our country when thy are about ready to have their baby, just to make the kid a citizen. We should have residency laws stating that you must be a legal citizen for at least 9 months before your child is a citizen, just because it was born here. But alas, I am wasting my breath.

Roger54

What gets me about immigration politics are the lies that it engenders. For example, where did this “11 million illegal alien” number come from. I’ll bet that the number is more like 25 million. Lies, lies, and damned politicians.

GarandFan

1986 – “There will be no more amnesty! We will secure our borders!”

2014 – Trust us! We know what we’re doing!

Yeah, sure.

Wigglesworth

Carter better oppose it by voting NO on the rule and NO on the bill if it makes it to the floor.

Layla

It is long past time for Judge Carter to take his multiple pensions from the taxpayers and go home.

bittman

Until our Government secures the border, the problem of people illegally entering our country will continue. The 1986 Immigration Bill promised to secure the border…yet we have 10-12 million people in our country illegally today. According the DHS statistics, 66% of these crossed our borders illegally. The only politicians that vote on an immigration bill this year are IDIOTS. Enforce the 1986 Immigration Law.

PaminIndy

Bittman, NO TRUER WORDS WERE EVER SPOKEN. NO IMMIGRATION OVERHAUL, JUST ENFORCE THE LAWS WE ALREADY HAVE.

Robert Courtney

no hellfire missiles on the drones on the border?
then what good are they? Just more waste and fraud that does nothing to fix the problem.
send Hell Fire down on ANY unauthorized incursion across our borders. Israel does it, yet WE can’t?

Jefferson Paine

“Immigration reform” is to Republicans as “Obamacare” is to Democrats…

Have you noticed that the economy of our ruling class is booming and at historic highs as signified by the stock market? Yet, the economy of middle and working class American citizens putrefies further with more and more Americans leaving the tax-paying workforce everyday.

And the biggest “bipartisan” effort in our government since Obama was elected will devastate the economy of regular American citizens to benefit tens of millions of citizens of foreign nations – and of course, politicians (votes) and their wealthy cronies (lower wages).

It’s a scheme to take power: Chuck Schumer and GOP “leaders” have a deal that will give those GOP leaders enough “Hispanic votes” to keep their corrupt behinds in office while the Democrats drag the nation to the far left, completing Obama’s promised “fundamental transformation of America”…

David Harrison

An overhaul should never happen.

It’s unnecessary

Neo

With employment participation levels a new historic lows for African American men and employment participation levels for African Americans the worst since 1977, oh yes, now is the time to bring in even more cheap labor.

I can’t imagine what the CBC is thinking.

Lance Sjogren

No immigration overhaul this year? The only better news I could imagine is if world war 3 were imminent and we got the news that it would be postponed until after this year.

Jake_Labrador

The corrupt Mexican government Is exporting their poor to avoid social unrest and possibly a revolution. These illegals come here and work for low wages. They are driving down wages and competing with American workers for jobs.

David A Clark

I guess they didn’t read the Senate proposal because it actually does allocate usage of drones on the border

Vicki Lovett Robb

in observance of Martin Luther
King Day, we should consider how he would feel if he saw how America’s leaders
were pushing for amnesty –and jobs –for 11 million illegal aliens. The sad
thing about the proposed amnesty that would
ultimately admit 30 million more immigrant workers, is that minorities such as
African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans would be the ones to suffer the most
if amnesty was granted. They are the
very people who Dr. King struggled and ultimately died to protect and elevate.

dectra

And we see yet again……..Republican’s Failure to Lead…..

Mountain Vista

Thirteen-year-old Laura Ayala was abducted by an illegal alien in Houston in March 2002. She has never been found.

Six Edits

Per Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power to provide for the common defense of these united states.

Layla

Republicans don’t HAVE ANY PRINCIPLES or you would not even be discussing this with 52 MILLION American no longer working.

I’m sorry, but I think it is time to send you all home. You won’t even keep your most basic oath of office, to protect your citizens.

How BAD is that???

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